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Welcome to the Lightweighting Digital Showroom

Get to know the most innovative lightweight solutions from probably the largest lightweighting network in the world: More than 2.200 companies and 300 research institutions belong to the network of Leichtbau BW. We put people in touch with potential suppliers, customers, project partners or research institutions across all industries in the state of Baden-Württemberg. On this website you will find the best lightweight solutions from our network with a short profile and contact data for each company or research institution.

 

Automotive & Transportation

Advanced Composite parts and assemblies
Finished hybrid components in a single press stroke
In search of new foams
Half the weight - same superior performance
Composites with 65 percent fiber volume
Rethinking microvans and vans
The four month car
Speedy three seater on four wheels
Lightweight shelves for the “Vision Van”
Sandwich composites for lighter and safer vehicle chassis
Lighter traveling thanks to new core materials

Construction & Urban Systems

New buildings made of fiber composite parts
Clever green bridge of a different kind
When innovations reach to the skies
Cutting delivery traffic in half with lighter prefab garages
More living space through lightweighting

Mechanical Engineering

Not only gripping, but also forming
Dynamics and precision thanks to carbon
Save energy with lighter cylinders
Bigger profits, lower costs and better machines
Faster production process
Aluminium and copper form a great team
Carbon fiber sheets from the assembly line
The counter-drilling revolution

Aerospace

Lightweight tools for lightweight parts

Service: AM & Engineering

Benefit from micro-composite surfaces
The path to profitable mass production
Using CT-scans to find mistakes in additive constructed parts
Goodbye wear! Components with 100 times longer lifetimes
Make complex simulations possible for SMEs
Maximum suction power only where it is needed
Digital twin for investment casting
Faster production with lighter tools
Printed handlebar weight stem for bicycles
Hybrid combination of 3D printing and forging
Light and precise gears

Contact us

Are you looking for information on lightweight technology? Contact us – we are happy to help you. For more information about the network of Leichtbau BW take a look at: www.leichtbau-bw.de/en

Nadja Rest

Manager International Business Development

T+49 (0)711 / 128988-44

M+49 (0) 171 / 8899 869

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